Trawling through my archives I came across some models I had downloaded from a Russian site back in 2008. One of the models is mentioned in a 2011 forum post here. The site appears to have been archived and is still active. I think it's worth revisiting if anyone hasn't already come across it.
It's for the Young Technician magazine published in Russia from 2001 thru 2005 with two or four issues each year. To find the models, open an issue and scroll down to that issue's Museum on the Table item. There will be a link to the model page there. One or two issues have more than one model.
Using Google Translate gives reasonable results for the history and instructions pages. The quality of the JPGs is quite good and the models are well detailed.
To save everyone else the tedious task of tracing through them, this is the list of what's available. The titles are 'as translated', warts and all! I've left them 'as is' as I find some quite funny. Same applies to Google's translation of the articles - you know what they're trying to say, but it doesn't quite come out right
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It's for the Young Technician magazine published in Russia from 2001 thru 2005 with two or four issues each year. To find the models, open an issue and scroll down to that issue's Museum on the Table item. There will be a link to the model page there. One or two issues have more than one model.
Using Google Translate gives reasonable results for the history and instructions pages. The quality of the JPGs is quite good and the models are well detailed.
To save everyone else the tedious task of tracing through them, this is the list of what's available. The titles are 'as translated', warts and all! I've left them 'as is' as I find some quite funny. Same applies to Google's translation of the articles - you know what they're trying to say, but it doesn't quite come out right
:| Issue | Article Title | Model Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2001.1 | Mary Rose | 15th Century Galleon - 1:150 scale |
| 2001.2 | Do It All Over Again | Rolls Royce Thomas Flyabout 1909 - 1:32 scale |
| 2001.3 | In The First Place -Intelligence Tasks | Caudron G-3A2 biplane 1913-1914 - 1:48 scale |
| 2001.4 | She was called "Arabella" | Captain Blood's three-masted ship "Arabella" - 1:100 scale |
| 2002.1 | Porsche-956 | 1997 Porsche-956 - 1:24 scale |
| 2002.2 | The Secret of Back Cap Island | Jules Verne's English Submarine "Sword" - 1:50 scale |
| Tanks in the Desert | American M1 "Abrams" - 1:43 scale | |
| 2002.3 | Greek Trireme | Greek Trireme 1:180 scale |
| Viking Ship | Viking Ship - 1:100 scale | |
| Wheeled shooting wagon | Leonardo da Vinci's "Tank" - 1:??? scale | |
| 2002.4 | First in Everything | Alfa Romeo-Turbo and Fiat 131 1:32 scale |
| Farman-4 | Farman-4 Biplane 1910-1916 - 1:50 scale | |
| 2003.1 | Ostankino Television Tower | Moscow's Ostankino Television Tower 1967 - 1:1000 scale |
| 2003.2 | Both a Torpedo Bomber and a Scout | Swordfish Mk I Biplane 1934 - 1:60 scale |
| Anti-tank Vehicle | 2P-27 Self-propelled Anti-tank Vehicle - 1:??? scale | |
| 2004.1 | (duplicate) Farman-4 | (duplicate) Farman-4 Biplane 1910-1916 - 1:50 scale |
| 2004.2 | Amphibious Tank | T-38 Amphibious Tank 1936 - 1:35 scale |
| Both in Reconnaissance and for Communication | T-70 Tank 1942-1943 - 1:35 scale | |
| 2004.3 | Scout and Trainer | Sikorsky C-XVI Biplane 1915 - 1:30 scale |
| 2005.1 | Dagger of the God of War | D-30 Howitzer 1:??? scale |
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